Hi there,
One way of getting JBoss to run as a service is to download the 'Wrapper' utility from the following URL:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wrapper/ This application lets you install and control any
Java application as a native NT/Unix service.
If you have a copy of the book:
Kunnumpurath, M. "JBoss 3.0: Deployment and Administration Handbook" (Wrox: 2002)
It also goes into some detail on how to use the 'Wrapper' utility to install JBoss as a service.
Last, check out the JBoss forums at JBoss.org. There is bound to be a
thread there that discusses the issue.
Darryl